Blue & Gold 1,933 Report post Posted September 30, 2016 San Francisco - Cal & Stanford. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
akron4ever 23 Report post Posted September 30, 2016 (edited) 3 hours ago, Blue & Gold said: How many communities in the United States have not one, but two D-1 college football programs? Philadelphia? Let's see... Temple... no, Villanova's only D-1 (FCS, I know) in basketball. Chicago? Northwestern... no, NIU's too far away from Chicago to realistically count. Los Angeles? UCLA & USC... yes! Los Angeles! And Akron... UA & KSU. Wow! Akron's got something New York doesn't have; Philadelphia doesn't have, & Chicago doesn't have. Only Los Angeles shares this distinction! So... here is the big article from the ABJ the day before the big game!: Atlanta has Georgia Tech and Georgia State. Technically Duke and UNC aren't in the same city, but their campuses are about 10 miles apart (with NC State a little over 20 min away). All three are a part of the same community (the Triangle). There definitely isn't many, but now I am spending my morning at work trying to think of more. San Fran with Cal, Stanford, and San Jose State? Not sure how close these are to each other. Edit: I see San Fran mentioned above. Dallas with SMU and TCU? I think TCU is technically Fort Worth about 45 min away. Edited September 30, 2016 by akron4ever Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skip-zip 977 Report post Posted September 30, 2016 53 minutes ago, akron4ever said: There definitely isn't many, but now I am spending my morning at work trying to think of more. San Fran with Cal, Stanford, and San Jose State? Not sure how close these are to each other. Edit: I see San Fran mentioned above. Yes, those 3 schools are all located around the Bay Area, but they are a long way apart. The Bay Area is much larger than anyone thinks. There's a few others that immediately come to mind: Vanderbilt and Middle Tennessee are both in Nashville. Rice and Houston are both in Houston Miami and Florida International are both in Miami. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skip-zip 977 Report post Posted September 30, 2016 (edited) Gosh, I can't believe I didn't immediately think of this one. Michigan and Eastern Michigan are literally right next to each other. And I wonder: Who is closer? Akron and Kent? Or Bowling Green and Toledo? Edited September 30, 2016 by skip-zip edit Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Blue & Gold 1,933 Report post Posted September 30, 2016 ^^That's right! I've driven through Ann Arbor / Ypsilanti quite often & simply forgot about EMU. Poor EMU, such a forgettable school. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LZIp 1,949 Report post Posted September 30, 2016 I wouldn't consider MTSU in Nashville. Murfreesboro is as close to Nashville as Akron is to Cleveland. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Blue & Gold 1,933 Report post Posted September 30, 2016 5 hours ago, Blue & Gold said: How many communities in the United States have not one, but two D-1 college football programs? Philadelphia? Let's see... Temple... no, Villanova's only D-1 (FCS, I know) in basketball. Chicago? Northwestern... no, NIU's too far away from Chicago to realistically count. Los Angeles? UCLA & USC... yes! Los Angeles! And Akron... UA & KSU. Wow! Akron's got something New York doesn't have; Philadelphia doesn't have, & Chicago doesn't have. Only Los Angeles shares this distinction! So... here is the big article from the ABJ the day before the big game!: This has turned into a fun discussion. But let me clarify my above rant (and reason for asking about D-1 football in communities across the country)... it was originally intended to point out that there is in fact no story in today's ABJ. Today (and every day), however, there is a fresh Cleveland Browns story. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MDZip 499 Report post Posted September 30, 2016 To be fair there are a couple of articles although not much to the second one. http://www.ohio.com/sports/zips/university-of-akron-football-timing-of-little-consequence-when-zips-facing-rival-flashes-1.715746 http://www.ohio.com/sports/zips/akron-zips-take-on-kent-state-in-wagon-wheel-challenge-1.715725 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Blue & Gold 1,933 Report post Posted September 30, 2016 (edited) MD Zip, those ^^ weren't posted till around 1:30 today. They're probably tomorrow's game day articles. Edited September 30, 2016 by Blue & Gold Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skip-zip 977 Report post Posted September 30, 2016 4 hours ago, LZIp said: I wouldn't consider MTSU in Nashville. Murfreesboro is as close to Nashville as Akron is to Cleveland. You're right. Not as close as a thought. About 30 miles. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
you am i 31 Report post Posted October 1, 2016 11 hours ago, skip-zip said: Gosh, I can't believe I didn't immediately think of this one. Michigan and Eastern Michigan are literally right next to each other. And I wonder: Who is closer? Akron and Kent? Or Bowling Green and Toledo? 5 hours ago, skip-zip said: You're right. Not as close as a thought. About 30 miles. According to Google Maps, Glass Bowl to Doyt Perry, 26 miles; InfoCision to Dix, 12 miles. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skip-zip 977 Report post Posted October 1, 2016 6 hours ago, you am i said: According to Google Maps, Glass Bowl to Doyt Perry, 26 miles; InfoCision to Dix, 12 miles. Thanks for doing the legwork. Years ago, I was making a lot of business trips to that area. It always seemed like UT and BG were literally right down the street from each other. I thought they probably weren't as close to each other as Akron/Kent. But still, pretty close for D-1 schools. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Balsy 764 Report post Posted October 1, 2016 (edited) Gameday, let's hope the thunderstorms stay away. Akron 35 Kent 0 Keep the WagonWheel where it belongs! Go Zips! Edited October 1, 2016 by Balsy Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LZIp 1,949 Report post Posted October 1, 2016 Akron 38, KSU 17. Its 9:50 and.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Balsy 764 Report post Posted October 1, 2016 29 minutes ago, LZIp said: Its 9:50 and.... Kent State still sucks. 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lance99 53 Report post Posted October 1, 2016 3 hours ago, Balsy said: Gameday, let's hope the thunderstorms stay away. Akron 35 Kent 0 Keep the WagonWheel where it belongs! Go Zips! I was thinking 56-10, a complete blowout.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LZIp 1,949 Report post Posted October 1, 2016 whew! 3 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Blue & Gold 1,933 Report post Posted October 1, 2016 ^^^BEAUTIFUL!!! Wow! Represent! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
zipsoutsider 777 Report post Posted October 1, 2016 1 hour ago, Blue & Gold said: ^^^BEAUTIFUL!!! Wow! Represent! Wow, awesome. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Blue & Gold 1,933 Report post Posted October 1, 2016 Listening to 1350 pregame... we haven't won at K.e.nt since 2008? I wouldn't have guessed that. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MDZip 499 Report post Posted October 1, 2016 Z I - Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dr Z 1,642 Report post Posted October 1, 2016 Woodson out with shoulder issue. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lance99 53 Report post Posted October 1, 2016 Woodson is out Chapman starts.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Balsy 764 Report post Posted October 1, 2016 Quick 3 for the Zips. With chapman in, I'd like to see them try to run the ball more. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Balsy 764 Report post Posted October 1, 2016 Kent State on their 4th starting QB? three and out for the Flashes. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
